With Jared McCain and Kyle Lowry injured, Jeff Dowtin Jr. and Reggie Jackson have handled those reserve ballhandler minutes, while putting a heavy workload on Tyrese Maxey.
to the shorthanded, lowly New Orleans Pelicans at the Wells Fargo Center, the Sixers’ fourth defeat in their past six games to squash any momentum gained during a holiday surge.McCain was in the early stages of being molded into a backup point guard, after instantly flashing an ability to score and make plays with the ball in his hands while averaging 15.3 points and 2.6 assists in 23 games as an NBA Rookie of the Year frontrunner. Now add that veteranalso remains sidelined with a hip issue.
Dowtin and Jackson logged a combined 12 minutes Friday, primarily as a first-half tandem that Nurse hinted he would try again versus New Orleans. Both players mostly found success going to the basket, such as when Dowtin used a Guerschon Yabusele screen to get downhill against two defenders, or when Jackson grabbed a rebound and took it the opposite way for a score.
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